Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
730 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST THURSDAY
MORNING FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS IS A DANGEROUS
SITUATION WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS.

INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTH GEORGIA NEAR
AND SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTA...NEAR CLEVELAND...SOUTHWEST OF
ROME AND JUST ACROSS THE STATE LINE SOUTH OF CHATTANOOGA.

ELSEWHERE...A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS
LOCATED OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM THE ATLANTA AREA TO CHATSWORTH. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS W}ERE ALSO OVER NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND EASTERN
TENNESSEE.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST 35 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
745 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RUSSELL COUNTY ALABAMA
AND ALL OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 11 PM EST TONIGHT AND FOR
MOST OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 1 AM TONIGHT.

AT 730 PM EST COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING A LARGE AREA
OF RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHWEST GEORGIA ACROSS
CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRESENTLY WITH THIS AREA  WERE
MOSTLY SCATTERED FROM SOUTHEAST OF VILLA RICA TO NEAR FRANKLIN
GEORGIA AND THEN EAST TO SOUTH OF TALLEDEGA ALABAMA. ANOTHER STORM WAS
15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTGOMERY. THIS AREA OF RAIN WAS FROM 25 TO 70
MILES WIDE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS..HEAVY RAIN..
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL OR A POSSIBLE TORNADO. LISTEN TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MENDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
758 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

COUNTY..... COWETA COUNTY
SOURCE..... COWETA COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT
TIME....... 735 PM EST NOV 15 1989
LOCATION... INTERSTATE 85 EXIT 11
DAMAGE..... THREE TRACTOR TRAILERS TURNED OVER AT EXIT 11 OFF I85.
            ALSO SOME MOBILE HOMES NEAR EXIT 11 MOVED OFF FOUNDATION.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
815 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 755 IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTH HALF OF GEORGIA
   UNTIL 1 AM THURSDAY...

AT 805 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS LOCATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
OVER EASTERN ALABAMA AND OVER NORTH GEORGIA FROM LA GRANGE TO ATLANTA.

THUNDERSTORMS AND THE LARGE AREA OF RAINSHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM
ARE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AND SOUTHEAST WHILE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
LATE TONIGHT.  PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDING MACON AND SURROUNDING
CITIES NEED TO TAKE ANY PROTECTIVE ACTION EARLY AS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
MORE LIKELY LATE...AFTER MOST PEOPLE HAVE GONE TO BED FOR THE NIGHT.

STRONG GUSTY WIND...LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY HAIL SHOULD
BE EXPECTED FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS.  THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY CAUSED
DAMAGE IN ALABAMA AND NORTH GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
820 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

COUNTY........ HABERSHAM

SOURCE........ HABERSHAM EOC.

TIME.......... 805 PM EST

LOCATION...... NORTHEAST HABERSHAM COUNTY

TYPE STORM.... TORNADO

HAIL.......... GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN NORTHWEST HABERSHAM
               COUNTY
DAMAGE........ SEVERAL MOBLE HOMES DESTROYED...DAMAGE TO SEVERAL
               PERMANENT TYPE HOMES AND LARGE TREES DOWN.
INJURIES...... NONE REPORTED

WARNING....... NONE
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LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
833 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

816 PM...3/4 TO 1 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY NWS SPOTTER IN DEKALB COUNTY
         2 MILES N OF DECATUR.
818 PM...1/2 TO LESS THAN 3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED IN COBB COUNTY NEAR
         MABLETON.
824 PM...UP TO 1 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY NWS METEOROLOGIST IN DEKALB
         COUNTY NEAR TUCKER.